tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post6643990883277230606..comments2024-03-26T19:46:33.565-07:00Comments on Random Walks: Is It Art? Guest EditorialJohn Kurmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04607323621206823686noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post-77039883831659218382012-01-31T19:30:01.112-08:002012-01-31T19:30:01.112-08:00(Oh, I was responding to the article you linked ab...(Oh, I was responding to the article you linked about Shales at Alfred.)Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09029436098418393783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post-49259175135965372952012-01-31T19:29:11.272-08:002012-01-31T19:29:11.272-08:00That's interesting. It's annoying how fas...That's interesting. It's annoying how fast my preconceived ideas can be deflated by more information about the subject.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09029436098418393783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post-52810764579345087482012-01-31T19:22:18.944-08:002012-01-31T19:22:18.944-08:00Hey! I enjoyed reading the 'guest editorial...Hey! I enjoyed reading the 'guest editorial'.<br /><br />Two notes:<br /><br />1. I forgot to mention that the "designation" or "boundary" theory of Art requires not only a boundary but some type of (explicit or implicit, verbal or non-verbal) statement of intent by the artist, to indicate that "Here there be Art".<br /><br />2. I was delighted to see that you included my intentional typo, namely "...has occupied my mind for a long". This is motivated by the Nissan Vacuum Mug (picture attached to email), a Christmas gift I gave to Bill Kurman in the early 80s, and which now counts me as the proud owner. The label on the side says, "STAINLESS STEEL VACUUM INSULATED KEEP DRINKS HOT OR COLD FOR A LONG".<br /><br />And if that ain't Art I don't know what is.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12792771572179370876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post-72114604826586350812012-01-31T14:50:35.395-08:002012-01-31T14:50:35.395-08:00Unlike a lot of artists, Duchamp was no dummy. I t...Unlike a lot of artists, Duchamp was no dummy. I think he knew exactly how this would play out. And more than one art critic and philosopher have commented upon Duchamp using this to see just how many categories an object can occupy (one association of my 'entanglement' associative reference). Of all people, it seems a historian of ceramic manufacture may have the best insight: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/12/15/duchamp-s-fountain-was-subversive-but-subverting-what.html<br /><br />But, consider, we are now starting to enter into the era of the 3D printing cloud engine. Anything and everything can now be laser-scanned and digitized into a file. I've seen in some art shows very ordinary 3D printed objects, but the cache and hepness was the fact that they were 3D printed objects. So, now that Duchamp's 'readymades' can be 'anymades', what's the next step?John Kurmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607323621206823686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8581401473844438605.post-69975925218479822682012-01-31T13:16:10.009-08:002012-01-31T13:16:10.009-08:00I second the Duchamp Birdflipping Theory. He was ...I second the Duchamp Birdflipping Theory. He was a serious chessplayer, and they don't have any shame about throwing a trappy move out there (unless it doesn't work). It's the opponent's job to spot the con and reject it.<br /><br />You leave the urinal in the museum, it's not on him anymore.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09029436098418393783noreply@blogger.com